Outputting Obvservations until a criteria is met

[Katie]

Hello.  Here is what I have:

PT_ID         date           result    criteria_met

   x           1/1/2015         500           yes

   x           2/1/2015         470           no

   x            3/1/2015        525          yes

   z            2/2/2015        450           no

   z            3/32015         575         yes

   k            5/4/2015        650         yes

basically, what I want is all the data for a particular patient up through their first 'Yes' in the criteria_met column.  So patient x will have 1 observation, patient z will have 2 and patient k will have 1 observation.

Any help is appreicated!  Thank you!

[Patrick]

Code not tested but should do the job.

data want(drop=_output_flg);
  set have;
  by pt_id date;
  retain _output_flg;
  if first.pt_id then _output_flg=1;
  if _output_flg=1 then output;
  if upcase(criteria_met)='YES' then _output_flg=0;
run;

[Jagadishkatam]

Please try

data have;
input PT_ID$         date: ddmmyy10.           result    criteria_met$;
format date date9.;
cards;
x           1/1/2015         500           yes
x           2/1/2015         470           no
x            3/1/2015        525          yes
z            2/2/2015        450           no
z            3/3/2015         575         yes
k            5/4/2015        650         yes
;

proc sort data=have;
by  pt_id descending criteria_met  date;
run;

data want;
do until(first.pt_id);
set have;
  by pt_id descending criteria_met  date;
if first.pt_id then yesdate=date;
end;
do until(last.pt_id);
set have;
  by pt_id descending criteria_met  date;
if date<=yesdate then output;
format yesdate date9.;
end;
run;

[mkeintz]

You want to output all records up through the first positive (criteria_met='yes').  So all you need to do is keep a running count of the number of positives encountered (N_POS in the program below).

Notes:

1. The program below assumes the data are grouped by PT_ID (and sorted by date within each PT_ID group).  But, while grouped by PT_ID, it appears not to be in ascending PT_ID order - hence the "by pt_id NOTSORTED".  If it's not grouped, or not sorted by date within PT_ID, then sort dataset have by PT_ID/date first.
2. The subsetting "if n_pos=0" might make you think that only records BEFORE the first positive will be output.  But note that N_POS is not updated until after the subsetting if - as a result the first positive will be output, even though N_POS has become 1.  All subsequent records within a PT_ID will be filtered out.  If you want to see the evidence remove the "drop n_pos" statement and look at the output.

data have;

input PT_ID$ date: ddmmyy10. result criteria_met$;

format date date9.;

cards;

x 1/1/2015 500 yes

x 2/1/2015 470 no

x 3/1/2015 525 yes

z 2/2/2015 450 no

z 3/3/2015 575 yes

k 5/4/2015 650 yes

;

data want;

  set have;

  by pt_id notsorted;

  if first.pt_id then n_pos=0;

  if n_pos=0;

  n_pos + (criteria_met='yes');

  drop n_pos;

run;